• Type 1 Diabetes Treatment to Prevent Major Complications
• Highlights
• Introduction
• Causes
• Risk Factors
• Symptoms
• Complications

Treatment

Insulin is essential for strict control of blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes. Good blood glucose control is the best way to prevent major complications in type 1 diabetes, including those that affect the kidneys, eyes, nerve pathways, and blood vessels. Intensive insulin treatment in early diabetes may even help preserve any residual insulin secretion for at least 2 years.

There are, however, some significant problems with intensive insulin therapy:

• There is a greater risk for low...